Phrase guide

be called

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To have a specific name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سُمِّيَ (summiya) — to have a specific name
  • Armenian: կոչվել (kočʻvel) — to have a specific name
  • Azerbaijani: adlanmaq — to have a specific name
  • Azerbaijani: adlandırılmaq — to have a specific name
  • Belarusian: называ́цца (nazyvácca) — to have a specific name
  • Bulgarian: ка́звам се (kázvam se) — to have a specific name
  • Bulgarian: нари́чам се (naríčam se) — to have a specific name
  • Burmese: ခေါ် (hkau) — to have a specific name
  • Catalan: dir-se — to have a specific name
  • Chinese Cantonese: 叫 (giu3) — to have a specific name
  • Chinese: җё (jio) — to have a specific name
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 叫 (giú) — to have a specific name
  • Hakka Chinese: 叫 (kieu) — to have a specific name
  • Chinese: 叫 (zh-min-nan) — to have a specific name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 叫 (jiào) — to have a specific name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 稱為 /称为 (chēngwéi) — to have a specific name
  • Wu Chinese: 叫 — to have a specific name
  • Czech: jmenovat se — to have a specific name
  • Danish: hedde — to have a specific name
  • Dutch: heten — to have a specific name
  • Esperanto: nomiĝi — to have a specific name
  • Finnish: kutsutaan — to have a specific name
  • Finnish: olla nimeltään — to have a specific name
  • Finnish: olla nimeltä — to have a specific name
  • French: s'appeler — to have a specific name
  • French: se nommer — to have a specific name
  • Galician: chamarse — to have a specific name
  • German: heißen — to have a specific name
  • German: sich nennen — to have a specific name
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan) — to have a specific name
  • Greek: λέγομαι (légomai) — to have a specific name
  • Greek: ονομάζομαι (onomázomai) — to have a specific name
  • Hungarian: hívják — to have a specific name
  • Hungarian: hívnak — to have a specific name
  • Icelandic: heita — to have a specific name
  • Ido: nomesar — to have a specific name
  • Italian: chiamarsi — to have a specific name
  • Japanese: ...と言う (... to iu) — to have a specific name
  • Japanese: ...という (... to iu) — to have a specific name
  • Japanese: ...と申す (... to mōsu) — to have a specific name
  • Khmer: ឈ្មោះ (chmŭəh) — to have a specific name
  • Korean: ...(이)라고 불리다 — to have a specific name
  • Lao: ຊື່ (sư̄) — to have a specific name
  • Latin: nominor — to have a specific name
  • Ligurian: ciamâse — to have a specific name
  • Macedonian: се вика (se vika) — to have a specific name
  • Mòcheno: hoasn — to have a specific name
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hete — to have a specific name
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heita — to have a specific name
  • Occitan: se sonar — to have a specific name
  • Old English: hātan — to have a specific name
  • Old Norse: heita — to have a specific name
  • Pali: ञायति (ñāyati) — to have a specific name
  • Pali: ñāyati — to have a specific name
  • Persian: گفته شدن (gofte šodan) — to have a specific name
  • Polish: nazywać się — to have a specific name
  • Portuguese: chamar-se — to have a specific name
  • Romanian: se numi — to have a specific name
  • Romanian: se chema — to have a specific name
  • Russian: называ́ться (nazyvátʹsja) — to have a specific name
  • Russian: именова́ться (imenovátʹsja) — to have a specific name
  • Sassarese: ciamassi — to have a specific name
  • Serbo-Croatian: зва̏ти се — to have a specific name
  • Serbo-Croatian: zvȁti se — to have a specific name
  • Slovak: volať sa — to have a specific name
  • Slovak: menovať sa — to have a specific name
  • Slovene: imenováti se — to have a specific name
  • Slovene: písati se — to have a specific name
  • Slovene: veléti se — to have a specific name
  • Spanish: llamarse — to have a specific name
  • Spanish: decirse — to have a specific name
  • Swedish: heta — to have a specific name
  • Thai: ชื่อ (chʉ̂ʉ) — to have a specific name
  • Thai: เรียกว่า (rîiak-wâa) — to have a specific name
  • Turkish: çağrılabilir — to have a specific name
  • Ukrainian: назива́тися (nazyvátysja) — to have a specific name
  • Uzbek: atalmoq — to have a specific name
  • Uzbek: aytilmoq — to have a specific name
  • Venetan: ciamarse — to have a specific name
  • Vietnamese: được gọi là — to have a specific name
  • Volapük: panemön — to have a specific name
  • Walloon: lomer — to have a specific name